Years > Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Contest details
Location: Royal Dublin Society Simmonscourt Pavillon, Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath), Ireland
Broadcaster: RTE
Host(s): Doireann Ní Bhríain
Participating countries: 20
Voting: Each country allocated 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to the top 10 of the national jury in descending order.
Participants
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
| country | participant(s) | song | pts | rnk | ||
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14 | United Kingdom | Bucks Fizz | Making your mind up | 136 | 1 |
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3 | Germany | Lena Valaitis | Johnny Blue | 132 | 2 |
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9 | France | Jean Gabilou | Humanahum | 125 | 3 |
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19 | Switzerland | Peter, Sue and Marc | Io senza tei | 121 | 4 |
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12 | Ireland | Sheeba | Horoscopes | 105 | 5 |
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18 | Cyprus | Island | Monika | 69 | 6 |
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5 | Israel | Habibi | Halaylah | 56 | 7 |
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17 | Greece | Yiannis Dimitras | Feggari kalokerino | 55 | 8 |
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11 | The Netherlands | Linda Williams | Het is een wonder | 51 | 9 |
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20 | Sweden | Björn Skifs | Fångad i en dröm | 50 | 10 |
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4 | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Pascal | C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique | 41 | 11 |
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6 | Denmark | Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach | Krøller eller ej | 41 | 11 |
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16 | Belgium | Emly Starr | Samson | 40 | 13 |
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10 | Spain | Bacchelli | Y solo tú | 38 | 14 |
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7 | Yugoslavia | Seid-Memic Vajta | Leila | 35 | 15 |
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8 | Finland | Riki Sorsa | Reggae O.K. | 27 | 16 |
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1 | Austria | Marty Brem | Wenn du da bist | 20 | 17 |
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15 | Portugal | Carlos Paião | Play-back | 9 | 18 |
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2 | Turkey | Modern Folk Trio and Aysegül | Dönme dolap | 9 | 18 |
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13 | Norway | Finn Kalvik | Aldri i livet | 0 | 20 |
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Eurovision Song Contest 1981
In 1981 there were 20 countries again. Morocco withdrew after their first participation and Italy withdrew as well because the interest in the contest was diminished. Yugoslavia on the other hand returned to the contest after five years, just as Israel that had missed out one contest. Cyprus made it's debut. The producers of the 26th Eurovision Song Contest focused on the nature of Ireland. During the postcards and during the show the Irish nature, beer and culture were highly promoted. Bucks Fizz, the group that won the contest, got some of their points for the famous skirts act.
